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bbc.co.uk - Alex Daniel - Electric vehicle sales targets could be cut after pressure from car makers
Electric vehicle sales targets could be cut after pressure from car makers
BBC

The UK's electric vehicle (EV) sales target could be cut after the government launched a review following pressure from car makers. Currently 80% of all new cars sold must be EVs by 2030 - but motor industry figures had urged ministers to reduce…

digitaljournal.com - Dr. Tim Sandle - Faster charging, safer batteries? New research could help overcome an electric vehicle bottleneck
Faster charging, safer batteries? New research could help overcome an electric vehicle bottleneck
Digital Journal

One of the biggest barriers to wider electric vehicle (EV) adoption remains charging time. While battery capacity and driving range continue to improve, many drivers still compare the minutes required to refuel a petrol vehicle with the longer…

gcn.com - Hugo Rojas - America plugged in 57.6 gigawatt-hours of new grid batteries in a single year, and the factory investment that powered the record came straight from the electric-vehicle industry's biggest strategic pivot
America plugged in 57.6 gigawatt-hours of new grid batteries in a single year, and the factory investment that powered the record came straight from the electric-vehicle industry's biggest strategic pivot
GCN

There is a number sitting in an industry report that most American electricity customers will never see, but every one of them will eventually pay for, or benefit from, what it represents. The United States installed 57.6 gigawatt-hours of new…

odt.co.nz - Duoya Lu of RNZ - How Chinese electric vehicles are reshaping New Zealand's car market
How Chinese electric vehicles are reshaping New Zealand's car market
Otago Daily Times Online News

Chinese-made electric vehicles are reshaping the country's car market. The value of reduced-emission vehicle imports, including fully electric vehicles, hybrids and plug-in hybrids, rose 33 percent to $2.9 billion in the 12 months to 30 June…

birminghammail.co.uk - James Rodger - Andy Burnham set to introduce new rules for electric cars and plug-in hybrids
Andy Burnham set to introduce new rules for electric cars and plug-in hybrids
Birmingham Live

Andy Burnham is set to cut sales targets for electric vehicles (EVs). The Prime Minister will launch a consultation on cutting the proportion of new zero-emission vehicles hitting the road to 50 per cent by 2030, down from 80 per cent. The Labour…

dailymail.com - David Churchill - Labour plans to water down Net Zero targets on electric cars
Labour plans to water down Net Zero targets on electric cars
Mail Online

LABOUR announced plans to water down its Net Zero targets on electric cars today as it admitted they risk pushing up costs for drivers and won't be hit. Ministers said they were planning to loosen rules on electric car sales because they weren't…

theguardian.com - Jasper Jolly - Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets
Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets
The Guardian

Andy Burnham's government has said it will look at cutting electric vehicle sales targets, in proposals that could add millions of tonnes a year to the UK's future carbon dioxide emissions. The government launched a consultation on Friday on…

euroweeklynews.com - Adam Woodward - Electric cars can drive 30km/h faster than petrol cars in this European country
Electric cars can drive 30km/h faster than petrol cars in this European country
Euro Weekly News

A strange motorway rule in Austria means electric car drivers can legally travel 30km/h faster than petrol and diesel cars on certain stretches of road when pollution restrictions are activated. For someone driving along a motorway at 100km/h…

dailymail.com - Freda Lewis-Stempel - Porsche could axe its first electric car before 2030 as demand slows
Porsche could axe its first electric car before 2030 as demand slows
Mail Online

Porsche is reportedly planning to cull its first series-production electric car, the Taycan, by the end of the decade. Insider sources have told German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche that the German carmaker will discontinue the Taycan –…

independent.co.uk - Steve Fowler - Government could slash EV sales targets as zero emissions mandate comes under review
Government could slash EV sales targets as zero emissions mandate comes under review
The Independent

The government has launched a major review of the rules designed to push car makers towards electric vehicles, with the possibility that EV sales targets could be cut significantly before the end of the decade. The Zero Emission Vehicle mandate…

businessinsider.com - Ben Shimkus - EV prices are rising again as automakers pull back on discounts
EV prices are rising again as automakers pull back on discounts
Business Insider

For the first time in 2026, EV prices are rising. In July, the average transaction price for a new fully electric vehicle jumped to $56,126, per Kelley Blue Book. That's a 1.6% increase compared to the same month in 2025, and a 1.2% rise compared…

cityam.com - Tim Barnes-Clay - Lexus ES 350e Review: Is this the best electric executive car?
Lexus ES 350e Review: Is this the best electric executive car?
City AM

For business leaders, corporate decision-makers and high-income professionals, an executive car needs to do more than take the scenic route through total chaos. It needs to make the journey easier, writes motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. That…

scmp.com - He Huifeng - Switching lanes: who are the eager Chinese buyers of domestic premium EV models?
Switching lanes: who are the eager Chinese buyers of domestic premium EV models?
South China Morning Post

For Eric Huang, a Guangdong-based healthcare entrepreneur who owns a Lamborghini Aventador and a Tesla Model S Plaid, the appeal of Chinese premium electric vehicles (EVs) has grown as their technology has caught up with his expectations. “I…

outsideonline.com - Greg Presto - New, Solar-Powered Safari EVs Are Getting Us Closer Than Ever to Wildlife
New, Solar-Powered Safari EVs Are Getting Us Closer Than Ever to Wildlife
Outside Magazine

Published August 14, 2026 11:59AM As dusk settled over the Mara Triangle, a section of Kenya's famed Maasai Mara National Reserve, Oloimina, an elderly male lion with an epic mane and a limp sustained from a tussle with buffaloes, started roaring.

scmp.com - Andy Xie - Opinion | Just like with the yen, America cannot save the AI bubble
Opinion | Just like with the yen, America cannot save the AI bubble
South China Morning Post

In a rare intervention, the US has propped up the Japanese yen. The move is seen as a bid to hold off a further rise in yields for US government bonds – amid Japan's sell-off of US Treasuries to fund its shoring up of the yen – a rise…

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